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above the dung. Whole potatoes fhould be 

 planted at the diftance of two feet and a half or 

 three feet fquare: cuts at the diftance of eighteen 

 inches fquare. 



I have feen potatoes planted in this parifh upon 

 ground without dung ten or twelve inches deep, 

 and at the diftance of eight or nine inches. Thefe 

 crops have always failed, and, as I fuppofe, for 

 want of proper nourifhn:ient. 



I have tried the following experiment for thefe 

 five years laft paft : — The firft year, on the fame 

 day, and in the fame ground, I planted whole po- 

 tatoes in ranks, at the diftance of three feet fquare, 

 and cuts of the fame kind at eighteen inches fquare. 

 For the laft four years I have planted whole pota- 

 toes at the diftance of two feet and a half fquare, 

 and cuts at eighteen inches. The whole fets were 

 earthed up three or four times; (i.e. as long as the 

 haulm would ftand) and a few ranks of the cuts 

 were earthed up alfo. The whole fets have always 

 produced a greater crop than the cuts, in propor- 

 tion to the quantity of ground; and the potatoes 

 have been larger and fairer. I have obferved little 

 or no difference in the produce of the cuts, whether 

 the ranks be earthed up or not. This, I think, 

 may be thus accounted for: — if any benefit is to be 



received 



